Advances in ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry reveal key insights into amyloid assembly

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1834, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1257-1268

  Woods, L A ^a   Radford, S E ^a   Ashcroft, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Ion mobility spectrometry; Ligand binding; Mass spectrometry; Oligomer

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOIDOSIS; CONFORMATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REVIEW; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMYLOID; IONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 84878105806     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: 18781454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2012.10.002     Document Type: Review

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